Taiwan Times, referred to as Taiwan Times for short, is a comprehensive daily newspaper in Taiwan Province Province. Established in Kaohsiung on August 25th, 197 1. Its predecessor was Dongtai Daily, which was later renamed Zhongxing Daily and published in Changhua. On 1967, it was acquired by Taiwan Daily and renamed as Taiwan Province Province. 197 1 was acquired by "legislator" Wu Jifu, renamed and moved to Kaohsiung for publication. Its editorial policy is: pay attention to instilling the concept of democracy and freedom and advocate the development of social welfare. The newspaper's communication network covers all major countries and regions in the world, and the Far East Times was founded in the United States on 1980. Wu Jifu is the first chairman, Xia Xiaohua is the first publisher, and the head office is located in Kaohsiung. Together with People's Daily, it is called "two major newspapers in South Taiwan Province Province" with the slogan "independence without party affiliation". Former President Liu Jiezhou was succeeded by Chen Tianmao and reorganized in May 1982. Chairman Wang Yufa, publisher and president Wu Jifu, editor-in-chief Hong He and general manager. At present, the chairman is Wang Mingren, the president is Lin Shiying, and the former chairman Wang Yufa is the honorary chairman.